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  1. 1758-1810. English portrait painter, a
  2. follower of Joshua Reynolds and rival to
  3. Thomas Lawrence. He became portrait painter
  4. to the Prince of Wales (later George IV) in
  5. 1789 and a Royal Academician in 1795. Among
  6. his paintings are portraits of the royal
  7. princesses, William Pitt, Lord Grenville,
  8. Rodney, and Nelson.
  9.